UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 510, 2009

ALPHA INNOTECH CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-14257

58-1729436

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


2401 Merced Street, San Leandro, California		94577
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 483-9620

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2 5.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 510, 2009, the Board of Directors of Alpha Innotech Corp. (the “Company”) ~~issued~~approved the entry into a ~~press~~change ~~release~~of ~~announcing~~control and severance agreement with its ~~earnings~~officers, ~~for~~including the ~~fiscal~~following ~~quarter~~“named ~~ended~~executive ~~June~~officers,” as such term is defined by Regulation SK Item 30402(a)(3), ~~2009~~17 C.F.R. §229.10, et. seq., Michael P. Henighan, the ~~text~~Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Whitmore, Vice President of ~~which~~Global Sales, and Siavash Ghazvini, Vice President Marketing and Business Development (collectively, the “Officer Agreements”). The following is ~~attached~~a ~~hereto~~summary asof ~~Exhibit 99~~the terms of the Officer Agreements.1.

The ~~information~~Officer inAgreements ~~this~~provide ~~Current~~the ~~Report~~officers onof ~~Form 8-K,~~the Company ~~including~~serving at the ~~exhibit,~~vice ispresident ~~furnished~~level ~~pursuant~~and tohigher ~~Item 2.02~~with ~~and~~certain ~~shall~~severance ~~not~~and bechange ~~deemed~~in ~~“filed”~~control ~~for~~benefits. If the Company terminates a party to an Officer Agreement without Cause or if a party to an Officer Agreement resigns with Good Reason ~~purposes~~within of90 ~~Section 18~~days ofprior ~~the~~to ~~Securities~~or ~~Exchange~~12 ~~Act~~months following a Change of ~~1934~~Control, as ~~amended~~those terms are defined in the Officer Agreements, orthen ~~otherwise~~the ~~subject~~officer will be entitled to: ~~the~~(i) a ~~liabilities~~lump ~~under~~sum ~~that~~payment ~~Section.~~equal ~~Furthermore,~~to ~~the~~six ~~information~~months inof ~~the~~his ~~Current~~or ~~Report~~her onbase ~~Form 8-K,~~salary ~~including~~and ~~the~~100% ~~exhibit~~of his or her target annual bonus then in effect, ~~shall~~(ii) vesting ~~not~~acceleration ~~be deemed~~as to be100% ~~incorporated~~of byeach ~~reference~~of ~~into~~his ~~the~~outstanding ~~filings~~stock option or restricted stock award, and (iii) payments of ~~the~~premiums ~~Company~~for continued health insurance coverage under ~~the~~COBRA ~~Securities~~for ~~Act~~up ofto six ~~1933~~months, asall ~~amended~~of which are subject to such officer’s execution of a binding release of claims.

The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to a form of the Officer Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.20 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

9910.120 ~~Press~~Form ~~Release~~of ~~dated~~Severance ~~August~~and 5,Change ~~2009~~of ~~announcing~~Control ~~earnings for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009~~Agreement

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	~~ALPHA INNOTECH CORP.~~	ALPHA INNOTECH CORP.
Date: August 6, 2009	By:	/s/ Michael Henighan
Date: August 12, 2009		By:	/s/ Michael P. Henighan
		Michael Henighan
			Michael P. Henighan
		~~Chief Financial Officer~~	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

9910.120 ~~Press~~Form ~~Release~~of ~~dated~~Severance ~~August~~and 5,Change ~~2009~~of ~~announcing~~Control ~~earnings for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009~~Agreement

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